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Who Are All These Trump Supporters? [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/11/george-saunders-goes-to-trump-rallies] — George Saunders in The New Yorker I’ve been trying to write something about some of the bullshit you see about political correctness these days… where it’s evolved from being a term criticising the
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Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/16/of-gamers-gates-and-disco-demolition-the-roots-of-reactionary-rage.html] If historical context was a drug I’d be in big trouble. Here’s an article that brings some to the whole gamergate issue.
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What happens with digital rights management in the real world? [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-management] After reading this, you may find that you hate digital rights management even more that you previously thought you did.
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The whole point of detention for asylum seekers is horror, whether it is acknowledged or not [http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-whole-point-of-detention-for-asylum-seekers-is-horror-whether-it-is-acknowledged-or-not-20140220-333yw.html] Australia is a strange and depressing place these days.
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> The Obama administration has since used the Espionage Act to prosecute more whistleblower leaks to the media than in all previous administrations combined. Jesse Hicks, The Verge: Over 1,000 days without a trial: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the culture of secrecy [http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/26/
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> Unless there was something going on, some sort of Klingon thing happening between Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey, then it simply can’t be true that they read the statement together at 3.45 pm. Anthony Albanese, displaying his shameful ignorance of the telepathic abilities of races in the
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> My view’s not changing. I believe what I believe. — Julia Gillard [http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/push-for-gillard-to-review-gay-marriage-20120513-1yl0j.html] . This is a silly thing to say about anything. It’s a bit sad that a public declaration of stupidity is what passes for political leadership these days.
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> On television, [Julia Gillard] loses a dimension; her natural fluency seems to get snarled up in clunky catchphrases and rehearsed hand movements. Rather than looking like a leader forming a political argument, she tends to look like an AFL umpire reluctantly allowing a goal. — Annabel Crabb, Gillard, Rudd and
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> I don’t advocate gay marriage any more than I advocate eating potato salad for breakfast. I just think it makes zero sense for other people to campaign against it. What the fuck do you care? Eat your cornflakes and shut your stupid-hole. — Geoff Lemon at Heathen Scripture [http:
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The myth of temporary protection visas [http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2757748.html] An article about asylum seekers that uses data and explains a rational conclusion from it. Try reading it, then imagine that you live in a world where this sort of thing is the standard for such
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Joke’s on us if we can’t make fun of pollies [http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/jokes-on-us-if-we-cant-make-fun-of-pollies-20110518-1esyb.html] I've always wondered why we don't have anything on the level of The Daily Show in Australia. Craig Reuchassel explains one of the reasons why.
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life and opinions of andrew rilstone [http://www.andrewrilstone.com/] Some excellent stuff on the new season of Doctor Who (there’s also excellent stuff on older seasons too, and indeed on stuff completely unrelated to Doctor Who).